I have a cat! I’ve had her for a while. She kind of imposed herself on me when
I saw her on the street one day when she was a one-month-old stray kitten (we
have a lot of those here), and her eyes were closed, so I figured I’d take her
home for a few minutes, wipe her eyes open and release her again, sight restored
and able to fend for herself.

When I wiped the gunk away, it turned out she had no eyes! She had tricked me,
and I couldn’t leave her on the street to die, so now I’m responsible for a damn
cat. Apparently, cats can get chlamydia (did you know that? I didn’t), which can
cause macular degeneration (did you know that means the eye literally melts?
I didn’t), which she had.

She also had epilepsy, because of course no good deed goes unpunished. This is
her: